<div class="socmaildefaultfont" dir="ltr" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" ><div dir="ltr" ><div><strong><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Product:</span></span></strong><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >IBM BigFix Compliance </span></span><br> <br><strong><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Title: </span></strong><br><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Updated Security Configuration Management (SCM) USGCB Checklist for Windows 7 with 8 new checks added from benchmark ver V2.0.5.1</span><br> <br><strong><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Security Benchmark:</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >USGCB Checklist for Windows 7 Benchmark, V1.2.1.0 (with 8 new checks from Benchmark V2.0.5.1) </span></div>
<div> <br><strong><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Published Site:</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >USGCB Checklist for Windows 7<strong>, </strong>site version 14</span><br><em><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >(The site version is provided for air-gap customers.)</span></em><br> <br><strong><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Actions to take:</span></strong></div>
<ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >To subscribe to the above site, you can use the License Overview Dashboard to enable and gather the site. Note that you must be entitled to the BigiFix Compliance product and you must be using IBM BigFix version 9.2 and later. </span></li></ul>
<div> <br><strong><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Details:</span></strong></div>
<ul> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >The original USGCB Checklist for Windows 7 is extended with 8 new checks based on a newer version of Benchmark to satisfy some customers' specific requirements. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Both analysis and remediation checks are included</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Some of the checks allow you to use the parameterized setting to enable customization for compliance evaluation. Note that parameterization and remediation actions require the creation of a custom site. </span></li></ul>
<div><strong><span style="color:#353535;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Changelist:</span></span></strong></div>
<div><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >These 8 checks are added from benchmark version V2.0.5.1</span></span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >enable_screen_saver</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >password_protect_the_screen_saver</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >screen_saver_timeout</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >turn_off_help_ratings</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >do_not_preserve_zone_information_in_the_attachments</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >hide_mechanisms_to_remove_zone</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >notify_antivirus_programs_when_opening_attachments</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:.5in;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >prevent_users_from_sharing_files_within_their_profile</span></div>
<div><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >To know more about IBM BigFix Compliance SCM checklists, please see</span></span></div>
<ul> <li><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >IBM Developer Works: </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#%21/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists" target="_blank" ><span style="color:#4178be;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Endpoint%20Manager/page/SCM%20Checklists</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >IBM Blog for Checklist Release Announcement: </span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;" ><a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/community/updates?communityUuid=a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910&filter=all" target="_blank" ><span style="color:#4178be;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/community/updates?communityUuid=a1a33778-88b7-452a-9133-c955812f8910&filter=all</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" >Bigfix forums: </span></span><a href="https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance" >https://forum.bigfix.com/c/release-announcements/compliance</a></li></ul><br><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" >We hope you find this latest release of SCM content useful and effective. Thank you!</span></span></span><br> <br><em><span style="color:#121212;" ><span style="font-family:helvetica;" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;" > -- The IBM BigFix Compliance team</span></span></span></em><br> <br> </div></div><BR>